1Department of Library and Information Science, AMU-Aligarh; E-mail: mehtaba@rediffmail.com; mehtaba2003@yahoo.co.in. Contd.: C-28, Zakir Bagh, AMU-Aligarh-202002.
2c/o Mrs. Kavita Chaddha, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (Noida Campus), B-1, Sector-62, Noida-201301. E-mail: jilani83@gmail.com.
Currently most of the Universities in India have been providing Internet access either directly or through their respective Computer Centre. Delhi University being a Central University and also one of the premier academic centres in India, has also been providing this facility to its students, faculty members, researchers, etc. The University's Computer Centre is one of the oldest in the country. It has been a pioneer in introducing state-of-the-art IT infrastructure in universities. The present study was conducted during the academic year of 2006–2007. A total number of 150 questionnaires were distributed and of these 115 filled-in questionnaires were received. Fifteen questionnaires were rejected due to incomplete response, and 100 were selected for data analysis. Findings of the study showed that students spent a reasonable time using the Internet for various purposes such as retrieval of WWW resources, receiving and sending e-mails, preparation of assignments and searching job related information.
